🌜 Future Simple 🌛

He will become a world-renowned chef with Michelin-starred restaurants.

💡 Example 💡 moccasin telegraph

moccasin telegraph (noun): Most had refused to believe the gruesome news brought to the stockade walls by the moccasin telegraph of the Crow, Sioux and Cheyenne.

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🌜 Present Perfect 🌛

He has completed a marathon run.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

Riley was diagnosed with cancer and Kendall quit her job in order to provide Riley with an improved quality of life in his last year at home.
- (Riley) Thank goodness for Kendall, She made the past year tolerable.
- What did she do?
- Kendall quit her job and took care of me at home.
- That is amazing of her, not many people would quit and take care of someone else.
- Yes, I am forever grateful.

🌜 Present Perfect Continuous 🌛

They have been practicing mindfulness meditation every morning.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Why are you reading the classifieds? What do you need?
- I'm looking for a bookcase, but I don't want to buy a new one.
- Are you having any luck?
- Not really. There aren't any used bookcases listed. But there are a few rummage sales on Saturday. I think I'll go to them.
- Do you mind if I go with you?
- Not at all. These private sales are great places to bargain. And sometimes you can find terrific things among all the junk.
- I learned to negotiate from my mother. I thought I was pretty good at bargaining, but I had a problem the other day at Kimble's Department Store.
- What happened?
- I wanted to buy a beautiful wool sweater for my girlfriend. It was priced at forty dollars, so I started by offering the salesclerk thirty.

💡 Example 💡 parkish

parkish (adj): Among them a parkish-looking place, on the left bank, caught my attention, and I walked along a good road, not merely to get a nearer view of it, but also to take a look at the salmon-leap, which I knew to be about the spot.

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

Alex was coming over for a birthday party. Alex walked in and gave Lee's son hugs.
- (Lee) Hello Alex, thank you for coming!! Need a drink?
- Sure, I'll take a diet Coke and some pretzels if you have them.
- Billy is in the room with his buddies if you want to say hello.
- Hello buddy, come give uncle Alex a hug. I got you that pellet gun you wanted.
- Alex!! What the hell are you doing.
- It was either that or a Winchester. We need to take baby steps.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

- This small town has many serious problems.
- What's the cause?
- The mayor and high official practice crony is mand a large number of guys who are good at nothing occupy many important positions.
- I see why it lags behind other towns.

🌜 Present Perfect Continuous 🌛

They have been renovating their home to make it more energy-efficient.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Can I help you?
- Yes, I would like to buy a Walkman. Can you tell me about the models you have?
- Well, we have a lot of models here.Did you want to listen to CD's or cassettes or the radio?
- Mostly cassette tapes.
- Alright. There are several models you may want to look at.This Kreng portable cassette player is very good.
- Kreng? I've never heard of that company.
- It's a German company.This unit has auto-reverse, recording capability, and an AM / FM radio band.It also has a built-in microphone.
- I suppose I don't want that one then. I don't like auto-reverse. It breaks too easily.
- Really? Have you had an auto-reverse break before?
- Yes, twice now. I think it's too high-tech, and so it's the first part that breaks.
- Hmm. You know, the problem might be dust. Did you clean the unit often?
- Well. No, I didn't clean it.But still, I only had the last one two months, and it broke. I don't trust auto-reverse.
- Alright. Well. We have many units without auto-reverse.Here is a good unit. Very reliable.It has an AM / FM band, built-in microphone, recording capability, and no auto-reverse.
- How much is it?
- This one sells for $ 39.99.
- Can I test it out?
- Of course.
- It sounds great. I'll take it.
- Fine. I think you'll be happy with it. It's a very good unit. Very reliable. I'll go get you a new one in a box. I will be back in just a moment.
- Thanks.

🌜 Future Simple 🌛

Tomorrow, I will volunteer at a wildlife rehabilitation center to protect endangered species.

💡 Example 💡 brass neck

brass neck (noun): Theresa May’s former chief of staff has accused the UK’s chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, of having a “brass neck” after he said the UK government had “blinked first” in negotiations.

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✳ galaxy (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈɡaləksi/ (UK)
- /ˈɡæləksi/ (US)

Forms:
- galaxies (plural)

galaxy (noun) senses:
1. (now rare) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.
2. (astronomy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
3. (figuratively) An assemblage of things or people seen as luminous or brilliant.
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✳ galaxy (verb)

Forms:
- galaxies (present, singular, third-person)
- galaxying (participle, present)
- galaxied (participle, past)
- galaxied (past)

galaxy (verb) senses:
1. To furnish with galaxies.
2. (archaic) To gather together into a luminous whole.

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